The World's Progress: A Dictionary of Dates, with Tabular Views of General History and a Historical ChartG.P. Putnam and Company, 1853 |
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... Assyria , Asia Minor , and Egypt , 536 ; falls in turn , under the Macedonians , Parthians , Saracens , Turks , and ... Assyrians ; restored by the Persians , 535 ; under the Macedonians , 330 ; restored to independence by the Mac ...
... Assyria , Asia Minor , and Egypt , 536 ; falls in turn , under the Macedonians , Parthians , Saracens , Turks , and ... Assyrians ; restored by the Persians , 535 ; under the Macedonians , 330 ; restored to independence by the Mac ...
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... Assyrian empire , is 2100. Osymandyas , the first variously stated by the chron- warlike king , passes into ologists . See Sacred Hist . ] Asia , and conquers Bactria . 2060 Ninus , son of Belus , reigns in Nineveh . 2059 He establishes ...
... Assyrian empire , is 2100. Osymandyas , the first variously stated by the chron- warlike king , passes into ologists . See Sacred Hist . ] Asia , and conquers Bactria . 2060 Ninus , son of Belus , reigns in Nineveh . 2059 He establishes ...
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... Assyrian Dynasty : Mithreaus or Ninus II . 1240 Troy taken by the Argonauts . 1225 Hercules arrives in Phrygia . 1222 ... Assyria . 1182 Trojans migrate into Italy . 1233. Cart . age founded by the Tyrians 1283. Egeus reigns in Attica ...
... Assyrian Dynasty : Mithreaus or Ninus II . 1240 Troy taken by the Argonauts . 1225 Hercules arrives in Phrygia . 1222 ... Assyria . 1182 Trojans migrate into Italy . 1233. Cart . age founded by the Tyrians 1283. Egeus reigns in Attica ...
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... Assyria . 1122 China : -3d dynasty ; -Tchcoo . 1124. Eolian migration . THEBES , the Capital of Bœotia , founded . 1109 Dercylus , king of Assyria . 1104. Return of the Heraclidæ . -End of the kingdom of Mycene . 507 years . - Saul to ...
... Assyria . 1122 China : -3d dynasty ; -Tchcoo . 1124. Eolian migration . THEBES , the Capital of Bœotia , founded . 1109 Dercylus , king of Assyria . 1104. Return of the Heraclidæ . -End of the kingdom of Mycene . 507 years . - Saul to ...
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... Assyria.- Media revolts . 797 Ardyssus , ist king of LYDIA . 771 Pul , king of Nineveh . 767 Sardanapalus , king of Nine- veh . Media subjected to Assyria . 761 Alyattes , king of Lydia . 747 ERA OF NABONAZZAR.- Assyrian ...
... Assyria.- Media revolts . 797 Ardyssus , ist king of LYDIA . 771 Pul , king of Nineveh . 767 Sardanapalus , king of Nine- veh . Media subjected to Assyria . 761 Alyattes , king of Lydia . 747 ERA OF NABONAZZAR.- Assyrian ...
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